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The John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center welcomed the world renowned Vienna Boys Choir on Tuesday, March 6. The most celebrated choir in the world took stage under the direction of choirmaster Manolo Cagnin. Cagnin introduced himself and welcomed the sold out audience. The choir consisted of 23 […]
Veteran Western Carolinian staff members Ryan Alexander and Lex Menz were named Co-Editors-in-Chief of the newspaper on March 1. The two Western Carolina University juniors replace Justin Caudell, who stepped down as Editor-in-Chief after three years at the end of February to take a job in Georgia. Alexander and Menz […]
Recently, Western Carolina University completed a campus-wide project which involved numerous directional signs placed across campus. Though students’ feelings about the signs are mixed, it was discovered that the signs contain a major flaw – the individual sign bars which clip onto the larger frames are easily detachable and are […]
Poet and novelist Jon Pineda spoke at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 19 about his memoir and poems at the 10th Annual Spring Literary Festival at Western Carolina University. Pineda, who teaches a Queens University in Charlotte, started with a reading from his book of poetry “The Translator’s Diary.” The […]
The 2012 Spring Literary Festival started off on a high note with spoken word poet Glenis Redmond as the first guest speaker. Redmond had a private Q&A session with students, as well as giving an entertaining presentation in the University Center Theater. She read a number of quality poems, had […]
Western Carolina University will officially install its 11th Chancellor, David O. Belcher, at an event that has not taken place at WCU in 16 years. The installation ceremony will occur at 10 a.m. on March 29 at the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. However, the university will be celebrating […]
There’s no greater proof that a teacher has left an indelible impression on his students than when his own students rally together to save his job. That happened to Peter Savage, assistant professor in the School of Stage & Screen, a couple of years back when he was told, due […]
For Sylva residents yearning for the smell of fresh baked baguettes and croissants, they will have the opportunity to indulge in their pastry of choice soon enough. Chad and Heather Kindy are hard at work on Sylva’s newest business, the Mainstreet Bakery and Café. After Annie and Joe Ritota decided […]
A forum for students to meet with Western Carolina University’s dining staff for a discussion regarding the food services currently offered on campus was held on Feb. 23 in the A.K. Hinds University Center’s Multipurpose Room. The forum gave students a chance to voice their opinions and concerns about the […]
Western Carolina University is one of the only universities in the UNC system that has room for growth and expansion. WCU has numerous construction projects going on, two of them being for renovations on Harrill Hall and the newly constructed Health and Human Sciences building. Harrill Hall has a completion […]
